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The workshop is supported by the Jean Monnet Chair in the EU鈥檚 Relations with Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood, which receives funding from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. Support is also provided by the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (funded by SSHRC) and by 杏吧原创 University.

The Centre for European Studies is pleased to host the policy workshop, 鈥�EU Partnership with Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia: Prospects for Reform with Implementation of the EU Association and Free Trade Agreements,鈥� at 杏吧原创 University.

This workshop will examine the status of and revisions to the EU鈥檚 Eastern Partnership policy since the Ukraine crisis. A particular focus will be to assess progress in the implementation of the important association and trade agreements reached in 2014 between the EU and the key partners: Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova.

The workshop will feature scholars and researchers from Canada, Europe and Eastern Neighborhood countries who will discuss: the EU鈥檚 Eastern Partnership policy; implementation of association and free trade agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia; and obstacles and prospects for reform in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.

11:30AM-12:15PM 听听Networking and light lunch (offered for registered attendees)

12:15PM-12:30PM 听 Opening Remarks

Joan DeBardeleben, Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Relations with Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood, 杏吧原创 University

Kevin Rex, Director, Eastern Europe and Eurasia Division, Global Affairs Canada

12:30PM-2:00PM 听听听 The EU鈥檚 Evolving Eastern听 Partnership Policy and the EU鈥檚 New Agreements with Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova

Chair: David Long, Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, 杏吧原创 University

Panelists:

The EU鈥檚 Eastern Partnership Policy after the Ukraine Crisis,听, Professor of International Politics and Jean Monnet Chair, University of Kent, UK

The Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia and Prospects for Their Implementation: An Overview, , Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

Comments: Joan DeBardeleben, 杏吧原创 University

2:00PM-2:15PM 听听听听听 Break

2:15PM-3:45PM听听听听听听 Reform in Ukraine: Obstacles and Prospects

Chair: Milana Nikolko, Adjunct Research Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, 杏吧原创 University

Panelists:

The Political 听and Legal Context for Reform in Ukraine and Implications for the EU, , Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kiev

Economic factors affecting Ukraine鈥檚 relations with the EU, , 杏吧原创 University

Comments: Michael Emerson, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

3:45PM-3:55PM听听听 听听 Break

3:55PM-5:25PM听 听听听听听Reform in Georgia and听 Moldova: Obstacles and Prospects

Chair: Mikhail Zherebtsov, Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of European and Russian Studies, 杏吧原创 University

Panelists:

The Political Context in Georgia and Implications for the EU, , Professor and Director, International School of Caucasus Studies, Ilia Chavchavadze State University, Tbilisi,听Georgia

The Political Context in Moldova and Implications for the EU, , Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Comments: Elena Korosteleva, University of Kent

5:25PM-5:30PM听 听听听听听Closing comments

Joan DeBardeleben, 杏吧原创 University

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